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Movie Junkies

Posted: October 1, 2015

Threat Metric

Ranking: 7,584
Threat Level: 1/10
Infected PCs: 2,825
First Seen: September 14, 2015
Last Seen: October 8, 2023
OS(es) Affected: Windows

Movie Junkies by APN, LLC is adware that may impact your surfing sessions in a negative manner. This tool may reach your PC if you download it directly from its official page. The chrome web store also hosts it because although the tiny program tends to be annoying, it is not malicious. The company behind this adware relies on a third-party method for its distribution as well, which may be the reason Movie Junkies may enter automatically. This web extension may be inserted into the executable files of other programs, whose license is primarily free. As its name can make you expect, Movie Junkies targets the movie fans. This tool promises to inform its clients about the latest movies, display the critics' reviews and provide access to the hottest trailers. Movie Junkies achieves this mission by creating a toolbar, which contains links towards third-party sites. It goes without saying that you don't need the help of this adware to visit these pages. The suspicious extension may cause many more changes in Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer in addition to the toolbar. The web extension may also replace your homepage with an Ask-based search platform that may display manipulated results to increase traffic towards affiliate platforms. The adware also may include pop-ups, banners and interstitial ads that may prove to be irritating and useless. Since they tend to be persistent and stubborn, their mere presence may increase the necessary time to load the pages you want to view. Some occasional freezes are also possible. If some of the ads are corrupt, and you click on them, you may find yourself in dangerous parts of the web. If the built-in uninstaller of Movie Junkies fails to remove the adware, you should use a dedicated anti-malware utility.

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